Jan Harold Brunvand
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 699339 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jan Harold Brunvand |
| NOMBRES | Jan Harold |
| APELLIDO | Brunvand |
| FIRMA | BRUNVAND J H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Utah |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 65 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 178 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1958 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Urban Legends
Legend and Belief
Linda Dégh's scholarship on legend is familiar to folklorists through her illustrious series of publications, especially the 1973-1983 articles written with her late husband, Andrew Vázsonyi, on legend and belief, the memorate, the multiconduit hypothesis, truth in modern legends, and ostensive action. Underpinning all is a conviction that "the self-collected item is the crucial first step toward scholarly interpretation" (p. 25). On the first pa…
Legend and Belief
Book Review| October 01 2003 Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre, Linda Dégh. Jan Harold Brunvand Jan Harold Brunvand Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2003) 116 (462): 492–493. https://doi.org/10.2307/4137768 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jan Harold Brunvand; Le…
Folklore in the News (And, Incidentally, on the Net)
INTRODUCTION Do you remember the Beatles' song Day in the Life from their Sgt. Pepper album? It began with the line read the news today, oh boy! Here's the sort of thing that makes me say Oh Boy and reach for the scissors when I peruse the daily papers and spot a bit of folklore in the news. November 8, 1960, the day John F. Kennedy was elected president, the Dear Abby column included a letter from a teenager telling the urban legend about Hookma…
My Summer with Archer, and Some Unfinished Business. The 1999 Archer Taylor Memorial Lecture
Summer with Archer, and Some Unfinished Business* The 1999 Taylor Memorial Lecture I wonder how many in this audience were fortunate enough to have had a folklore class with Taylor, the scholar whose life and work we honor with this lecture series. I did have that opportunity some forty years ago, and I decided to make My Summer with Archer the subject of my talk (instead of the original topic I had in mind, `Archer Taylor and the Urban Legend). …
Introducing Folklore
Folkloristics: An Introduction. By Robert A. Georges and Michael Owen Jones. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. Pp. ix + 336. $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper) The Study of American Folklore: An Introducti By Jan Harold Brunvand. (New York: Norton, 1997. 4th Edition. Originally published 1968. Pp. xxiv + 640. $31.95 cloth) The Dynamics of Folklore. By Barre Toelken. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 1996. Revised and expanded edition. Ori…
Creativity and Tradition in Folklore
Notes and Comments
Some News from the Miscellaneous Legend Files
The Mexican Pet
The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity...Many readers ...will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them. -Kirkus Reviews
Folk Groups and Folklore Genres
Oring's introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world
The Choking Doberman and Other "New" Urban Legends
Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a friend of a friend
Indiana Folklore
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers
Readings in American Folklore
The distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand has selected 26 essays, arranged in four sections of increasing sophistication and difficulty, to introduce the beginning student to the best in modern folklore scholarship. As he writes in the Preface: These articles were chosen to illustrate a variety of approaches and folklore genres; they are rich in actual examples of folk materials and are above all well written and thought-provoking. Many ar…
The Study of American Folklore
Distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, famous for his collections of 'urban legends,' offers readers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field of folklore. New to the fourth edition are 67 Focus boxes that provide in-depth examples of folk genres, research methods, and theoretical approaches, and over 70 photographs that illustrate material and performative folk traditions
Down in the Holler
Urban Folklore from Colorado
Folklore Bibliography for 1973
"Romanian Design Portfolio," American Fabrics/Fashions
Folklore
Norwegian Settlers in Alberta
Analytic Essays in Folklore
Norwegian settlers in Alberta
Folklore and Folklife
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers
Folk Groups and Folklore Genres
Oring's introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world
The Choking Doberman and Other "New" Urban Legends
Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a friend of a friend
The Study of American Folklore
Distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, famous for his collections of 'urban legends,' offers readers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field of folklore. New to the fourth edition are 67 Focus boxes that provide in-depth examples of folk genres, research methods, and theoretical approaches, and over 70 photographs that illustrate material and performative folk traditions
The Mexican Pet
The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity...Many readers ...will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them. -Kirkus Reviews
Folklore in the News (And, Incidentally, on the Net)
INTRODUCTION Do you remember the Beatles' song Day in the Life from their Sgt. Pepper album? It began with the line read the news today, oh boy! Here's the sort of thing that makes me say Oh Boy and reach for the scissors when I peruse the daily papers and spot a bit of folklore in the news. November 8, 1960, the day John F. Kennedy was elected president, the Dear Abby column included a letter from a teenager telling the urban legend about Hookma…
Analytic Essays in Folklore
Readings in American Folklore
The distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand has selected 26 essays, arranged in four sections of increasing sophistication and difficulty, to introduce the beginning student to the best in modern folklore scholarship. As he writes in the Preface: These articles were chosen to illustrate a variety of approaches and folklore genres; they are rich in actual examples of folk materials and are above all well written and thought-provoking. Many ar…
Notes and Comments
The Study of Romanian Folklore
Creativity and Tradition in Folklore
The Study of American Folklore
New Directions for the Study of American Folklore
academic folklore conferences: folk singers, storytellers, students of jazz and hillbilly music, and writers of children's books. Next he traced progress in collecting, archiving, advancing theories, and publishing folklore. Then Thompson stressed the need to formulate a better definition of folklore, and he emphasized the relationship of folklore theory, method, and materials to other disciplines. Some of his observations were startling; he said…
A Classification for Shaggy Dog Stories
THE FOLLOWING TYPE INDEX for stories was begun as a classification job in Indiana University Folklore Archives while I was archivist from September I958 to June I96o. Although approximately 300 Indiana University texts constitute largest single collection represented, they make up only about half of all jokes that were finally indexed. After hearing by chance about a large collection of stories preserved by Columbia Broadcasting System from a I95…
More Non-Oral Riddles
Mountain Climber's Song
"The Unfortunate Rake" on Skis
"Sarah," a Tongue-Twister Song
Norway's Askeladden, the Unpromising Hero, and Junior-Right
Taming of the Shrew
More Non-Oral Riddles
Sex in the Classroom
Three More Variants of the 'Tag Tale
A Note on Names for Cars
FOLKLORE AMERIOANO journal of the Comite Interamericano de Folklore (Lima, Peru), there appeared in 1957 an interesting collection by J. M. B. Farfan of more than 1600 names given to motor vehicles. 1 The list was compiled in Lima, Arequipa, and Cuzco between 1952 and 1957.Most of the names came from trucks, which, according to the collector, nearly always are named in Peru; other names were from buses and taxis.Infrequently a name ""vasfound on …
Further Notes on Sex in the Classroom
A Dictionary of Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases from Books Published by Indiana Authors before 1890
Mock Recipes for "Planked" Game
A Dictionary of Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases from Books Published by Indiana Authors before 1890
Type 1365A in The Octopus
Miscellany of Idaho Superstitions
A Classification for Shaggy Dog Stories
THE FOLLOWING TYPE INDEX for stories was begun as a classification job in Indiana University Folklore Archives while I was archivist from September I958 to June I96o. Although approximately 300 Indiana University texts constitute largest single collection represented, they make up only about half of all jokes that were finally indexed. After hearing by chance about a large collection of stories preserved by Columbia Broadcasting System from a I95…
American Fakelore on Matchbooks
Have You Heard the Elephant (Joke)
Child 277
More Car Names from the West
Folk Song Studies in Idaho
Jokes about Misunderstood Religious Texts
My Indiana
Bibliografi over Dansk Folkekultur, 1960
Folktales of Norway
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